Statistics and Census Service released the results of Manpower Needs and Wages Survey for the first quarter of 2006. The survey coverage included Manufacturing; Electricity, gas & water supply; Hotels & restaurants; and Financial intermediation sectors, but excluded own-account workers and the insurance intermediary not directly employed by insurance companies. Information on the number of employees, vacancies and earnings was extrapolated based on the results obtained from 642 statistical units successfully interviewed, which was given as follows: At the end of the first quarter of 2006, the Manufacturing sector had 31,850 paid employees, with 22,577 working in the manufacture of wearing apparel. Compared with the same period of 2005, number of paid employees in the Manufacturing sector decreased 5.9%. In March 2006, average monthly earnings (excluding year-end bonuses, holiday allowances, profit-sharing and similar bonuses) for full time employees in this sector amounted to MOP 4,494, up by 5.0% over the same month of 2005. Electricity, gas & water supply sector had 1,039 employees, up 1.3% over the first quarter of 2005. Average monthly earnings in this sector decreased by 1.4% over March 2005 to MOP 18,162. Hotels & restaurants sector had 22,636 employees, with 13,110 working in the restaurant industry. Compared with the first quarter of 2005, number of employees went up 6.9%; the average monthly earnings for March 2006 increased by 6.4% to MOP 5,952. Financial intermediation sector had 4,531 paid employees, with 3,845 working in the banks. Compared with the first quarter of 2005, number of employees in this sector increased 7.3%; the average monthly earnings for March 2006 went up by 6.1% to MOP 13,990. At the end of March 2006, the Manufacturing sector had 7,839 vacancies, of which 6,136 were in the manufacture of wearing apparel. Hotels & restaurants sector had 3,863 vacancies, the Financial intermediation and Electricity, gas & water supply sectors had 182 and 10 vacant posts respectively. In terms of recruitment prerequisites, approximately 75% of the vacant posts in the Manufacturing sector required working experience. The majority of the vacancies in the Electricity, gas & water supply and the Financial intermediation sectors required senior secondary or higher education. English (96.7%) and Mandarin (78.6%) were the more preferable language skills for the vacancies in the Financial intermediation sector, while in the Electricity, gas & water supply sector, 80.0% of the vacant posts required English.
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